ST. MORITZ ICE SKATING CLUB HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER 2008 What:HolidaySkatingandPotluckPartyHostedbytheSt.MoritzIceSkatingClub Where:OaklandIceCenter 51918thStreet,Oakland,CA When:Monday,December29,6:30 9:30pm TheBoardofDirectorsoftheSt.MoritzISCcordiallyinvitesallSt.Moritzclubmembersandtheirgueststo joinusforourannualholidayskatingandpotluckparty.dinnerwillbeginat6:30pm.generalskatingto followfrom7:15to9:15pm.bringyourfriendsandfamilymemberstoenjoythepartyandtheclubhostedice.skaterentalavailable.theclubwillprovideamaindishanddrinks.pleasebringafavorite dessert,salad,appetizerorsidedishtoaddtothespread.itisabusytimeofyear,buttherewillbegood food,skatingandsocializing.wearelookingforwardtoagreatturnout.pleaseinvitefellowskatersand skatingfriends.hopetoseeallofyouondecember29th. PleaseRSVPtoLaurieFong(lpefong@comcast.net/925.377.6920)orKatieSpecht (katherine.specht@gmail.com).feelfreetocontactuswithanyquestionsyoumighthave! 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 2008 Bay Cities Synchronized Team Skating Competition willbeheldonsunday,december7,2008attheoaklandicecenter.practiceice beginsat8amandthecompetitionrunsfrom9:30am Noon.Therewillbe15 teamscompetingfromthecentralpacificarea. TherearenotmanyopportunitiestoseeSynchronizedSkatingLiveintheBay Area,sopleasecomewatchandsupportourSynchronizedSkatingTeams!! ************************************************************************************* GOODLUCKTOOURCOMPETITORSAT THE2009U.S.JUNIORFIGURESKATINGCHAMPIONSHIPS DECEMBER8 13,2008,LAKEPLACID,NY KevinShumandAndrewSaelee,IntermediateMen KaseyTamayo,JuvenileGirls AustinHarper,JuvenileBoys KileyPearlandRahulCoburn,JuvenileDance ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2
IntroducingtheST.MORITZSEMINARSERIES!! PleasejoinSt.MoritzmembersatourParentInformationsession: Topic:TheSkatingParent'sRole/HowtobeanEffectiveSkatingParent Presenter:ChoeleenLoundagin,MA,SportsPsychology Date:Saturday,January17;8:15 10:15am Location:DublinIceland,PartyRoom Cost:FreeforSt.Moritzmembers/$10fornon St.Moritzmembers TheSt.Moritzclubwillbeofferingaseriesofinformationalevents.Thisfirsteventwillfocusonhow parentscanbestsupporttheirskater.ourspeaker,choeleenloundagin,isaskatingcoachand respectedathleticperformanceenhancementconsultant.sheisafrequentguestspeakeratu.s. FigureSkatingtrainingcampsandPSAseminars.ChoeleenistheauthorofTheInnerChampion:A MentalToughnessTrainingManualforFigureSkatersandco producerofthemotivationalaudiocd SportandSoul:SkatefortheLove.SheisalsoaguestcontributortomagazinessuchasSkating, ProfessionalSkater,andRecreationalIceSkating.Herwebsiteiswww.innerchamp.com. Sincethisisourfirstevent,itwillalsoincludeaparent'smeetingportionduringwhichyouwillhavethe opportunitytoprovideinputintofuturest.moritzevents! Youwon'twanttomissthisevent!PleaseRSVPfortheseminarto: dagoetz@pacbell.net Refreshmentsprovided. Hopetoseeyouthere! Diane 510653 7019home 510504 6220cell 3
4 SKATESTMORITZ2008 Achiefrefereeisinchargeofschedulingthe eventsandassigningtheofficialsfora competition.allthatmeanslittlewithoutthe incrediblesupportofthemanyvolunteerswho takecareofallthedetailsandtasksnecessary toputonasmooth runningcompetition. Unfortunately,Idonothavethenamesofall thepeoplewhodonatedtheirtimeorprovided food.ionlyknowthatisawalotoffacesofall agesandfrommanycross sectionsoftheclub (andotherclubs)comingtogethertocontribute toskatestmoritz. Fornow,Imentionsomeofthenamesthat workedonthisyear scompetition.evenifyou arenotmentionedhere,pleaseknowthatwe verymuchappreciatethetimeandeffortyou puttowardthisevent. First,thankyoutoalltheskaters,coachesand officialswhosupportedthisyear scompetition. ThankyouRosalindManoogianforputtingthe teamtogetherandcontributingsomanyhours torunningskatest.moritz. Thankyoutotheaccountingteam,inparticular theco Chiefswhohadtokeepupwithallmy schedulechanges JeanFahmie&Vonie Dondero,andtoourSystemSpecialist,Sandy Westall. IfyouskateinOakland,pleasetakesometime tosaythankyoutovipandtherinkstaffwho puttogetherourplatform andhelpedwithmanyofourothersetup/tear downneeds.thankyoualsotorickwilson& RichardSweeneyforyourcontributionswith theheavylifting. ThankyoutoStephaniePearlfororganizing registration,tomichellehoffforschedulingthe runners,andtodarleneshaffer Itoforassigning themonitors andagaintoallofyoufor coveringpracticeice. ThankyoutoDianeGoetz,BobbieBirdsong, EllenVenzonandallthosewhodonatedfood forputtingtogetheragreatspreadforthe coaches&volunteers. ThankyoutoDonWillis,HeatherCollins&the musicteamandtopattyvicary,rickquonand theannouncingteam. ThankyoutoIreneQuon(Awards),Carol Mirenda&MarilynClark(TrialJudges),Akbar Mokhtarani(Internet),LinnSpecht(Medical) andsuzyleung(program). ThankyoutoKatieSpechtforsiftingthroughall theentriesandinputtingtheinfoonthe competitors,especiallywhilebalancingyour studyschedule. And,lastbutcertainlynotleast,thankyouto RosalindManoogian,SusanBonn,Whitney Hansley,ClaireJeannette,KatieSpecht,Justin Dillon,LauraErleandthemanyotherswho contributedtotheofficials hospitality,gifts andtransportation. Again,IknowIhaveleftoffalotofpeoplewho tooktimeoutofyourschedulesand volunteeredforthisyear scompetition,butido verymuchappreciateeveryone scontribution!! Sincerely, LisaErle ChiefReferee
5 2009CENTRALPACIFICREGIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS,October2 5,2008,SanJose,CA St.MoritzIceSkatingClubMemberResultsCompiledbyLisaErle (ShortProgramandFreeSkateplacementsarein parentheseswhenapplicable) SeniorLadiesFS 6thKatherineSpecht(5,5) JuniorLadiesFS 3rdLindsayQuon(4,4) 4thKatrinaPhan(7,3) 5thMericienVenzon(3,5) NoviceLadiesFS(Ch.Round) 3rdMichelleIto(3,2) 8thMichelleVanCamp(11,8) NoviceLadiesFSGr.B(Qual.Round) 2ndMichelleIto 6thMichelleVanCamp 7thAnnaMariePearce 8thEllenWilson 12thClareGerman IntermediateLadiesFSGr.B(Qual.Round) 9thAmandaSo 12thCierraNelson IntermediateLadiesFSGr.C(Qual.Round) 8thAndreaChu IntermediateMenFS 1stKevinShum(1,1) 4thAndrewSaelee(4,4) 6thDerrickDer(5,6) 7thNathanGrundhofer(7,8) JuvenileGirlsFS 4thKaseyTamayo 6thDeannaJadeLim 9thElizabethGoetz 10thChelseaYim 13thLindseyPhuon 16thJuliaFeng JuvenileBoysFS 1stAustinHarper OpenJuvenileGirlsFS 3rdEmilyChan 8thLouisaXu Pre JuvenileGirlsFSGr.A 2ndAngelaLuo 4thKristyDang 11thMarieYamada Killilea Pre JuvenileGirlsFSGr.B 3rdIrisWen 7thKileyPearl 8thGraceNewman 10thKristyTse PreliminaryGirls(10&Under)FSGr.A 1stMikaelaManoogian 3rdLaurenHui 6thSarahLiao PreliminaryGirls(10&Under)FSGr.B 3rdCherriWang 6thSuzieChoi PreliminaryGirls(11&Over)FSGr.A 2ndValeriePalmer 3rdToriHoff PreliminaryGirls(11&Over)FSGr.B 4thMadeleineAliciaJohnson 5thCourtneyGlickman 9thYaelSendler Pre PreliminaryGirls(10&Under)FS 2ndAliceWang 6thKearaMcInerney 7thKristieYuen 8thPriscillaChau 9thAudreyLouie 11thTaylorBirdsong 12thTiffanyYim Pre PreliminaryGirls(11&Over)FS 8thEmilyChin 9thLaurenWrenn Pre PreliminaryGirls(10&Under)FS/NoAxel 7thBrookeCampbell 9thSarahChin Pre PreliminaryGirls(11&Over)FS/NoAxel 3rdHollyEchsner
6 2009PacificCoastsSectional, November11 15,2008 Scottsdale,AZ ReportcompiledbyLisaErle. CongratulationstoKileyPearlandRahulCoburn whoearnedthesilvermedalinthejuvenile DanceeventatPacificCoastandwillbeheading tolakeplacid,nyfortheu.s.junior inearlydecember.theywillbe joiningkevinshum,centralpacificintermediate MensChampion,AustinHarper,CentralPacific JuvenileBoysChampion,AndrewSaelee,and KaseyTamayowhoearnedatriptoJunior NationalslastmonthattheCentralPacific.Weareproudtohavethese skatersrepresentingourclubinnewyorkand wishyouallthebestatthecompetition! KelcieLeeatJuniorlevelandCraigNorrisat Novicelevel,skatedwellinmovingintothe pairsdivisionforthefirsttimethisyear.both skatersfinished5thintheirrespective events.katrinaphanandmericienvenzonin JuniorLadies,andMichelleItoinNoviceLadies skatedwithalotofenergyanddeterminationin verystrongeventsatthesectional.weareveryproudofallofyou andencourageyoutocontinueskatingwith enthusiasmandworkingtowardsyourgoals! PacificCoastResults: JUVENILEDANCE(CD1,CD2,FD) 2nd KileyPearl/RahulCoburn(1,2,2) NOVICELADIES(SP,FS) 9th MichelleIto(8,9) NOVICEPAIRS(SP,FS) 5th CraigNorris/TaylorSirset,PeninsulaSC (4,4) JUNIORLADIES(SP,FS) 10th KatrinaPhan(7,10) 11th MericienVenzon(11,11) JUNIORPAIRS(SP,FS) 5th KelcieLee/DerrickDelmore,Washington FSC(4,5) SMISCJudgesatthePacificCoasts werelisaerleandmarilyn Whelan
ST. MORITZ ISC CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008 Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Center Dec. 8 13 Dec. 9 Dec. 29 2009 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 18-25 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Jan. 29 31 Feb. 20 22 Feb. 21 22 Feb. 24 Mar. 3 7 Mar. 5 Mar. 18 Mar. 20 22 Apr. 5 Bay Cities Synchronized Team Skating Competition St. Moritz ISC in Oakland Ice U.S. Junior Figure Skating Lake Placid, NY Board of Directors Meeting Holiday Skating Party / Pot Luck Parent Seminar with Choeleen Loundagin, U.S. Figure Skating Cleveland, OH Midwest / Pacific Coast Synchronized Skating Sectional Broomfield, CO Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Las Vegas FSC in Las Vegas, NV WinterSkate Dance & Artistic Competition (pending sanction) Peninsula SC in Redwood City, CA U.S. Synchronized Skating Portland, ME Crystalline Classic (tentative date & pending sanction) Santa Rosa FSC in Santa Rosa, CA Spring Preview (tentative date & pending sanction) VacaValley FSC in Vacaville, CA Apr. 16 2009 Apr. 21 25 Apr. 25 26 Apr. 28 Apr. 30-May 2 May 16 May 20 May 26 June June 12 14 June 18 June 23 July 12 July 15 Aug. 5 8 Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Sept. 18 20 Oct. 16 20 Nov. 17 22 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Grand Rapids, MI Gold Rush Showcase on Ice (tentative date & pending sanction) Capital City FSC in Roseville, CA Governing Council Buffalo, NY Spring Jubilee (tentative date & pending sanction) Peninsula SC in San Jose, CA Annual Meeting/Picnic CCIA Competition (pending sanction) Capital City FSC in Roseville, CA Red, White & Blue Competition (tentative date & pending sanction) VacaValley FSC in Vacaville, CA Silicon Valley Open (tentative date & pending sanction) Peninsula SC in San Jose, CA Skate St. Moritz (pending sanction) St. Moritz ISC in Oakland, CA Central Pacific Regional Salt Lake FS in Salt Lake City, UT Pacific Coast Sectional Jackson Hole FSC in Jackson Hole, WY 7
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